A hundred dollars doesn't go as far as it used to these days. With gas prices at record highs, you'd by lucky if a crispy new Ben Franklin got you a squinty-eyed glimpse of the Jesse James statue in St. Joseph, Mo.

If you ask local artist Steve Tomashek why he does it, why he painstakingly cuts away wood to reveal a mouse so minute it could make a penny its nest, or why he carves mini menageries that could float on Froot Loops, he'd say it's because he's obses

When Janel Jacobson received the phone call that she was one of three $100,000 recipients of the Bush Foundation's Enduring Vision Artist Awards, the Minnesota artist was in the midst of baking more than 3,000 cookies for the Minnesota Potter's Tour

Trying to pick the best of the Northeast Minneapolis Artists Association's Art-A-Whirl is sort of like trying to pin the tail on a donkey in a rainstorm after two too many. Read more... By Molly Priesmeyer

Minnesotans share a deep obsession with their history: The fact that lutefisk still exists — let alone is happily devoured if not worshipped — is testament to Minnesotans' love of lore as well as their iron guts. Read more...